AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[villajk]

He's got a point.

And very good as well.

[Louzie0]

No it didn't.  But it's all happening on here!
Well, not this thread but, look at the window on the left and it's all about the Villa!

[Irish villain]

He's got a point.

Claps.

Elite wit folks.

[charleeco7]

From twitter @OllieHoltMirror: Feel sorry for Alex McLeish who never really had chance at Villa with his Birmingham past. Daft appointment by Lerner. Marriage made in hell

This sort of thing really boils my piss. They have no idea.

[Jimbo]

Wilful ignorance is the worst kind.

[VILLA MOLE]

He's got a point.

And very good as well.

none of his pens he is using to write the statement  are working properly but he will address this soon, the pens need to sort themselves out. he doesnt tell the pens not to work 

[AV82EC]

From twitter @OllieHoltMirror: Feel sorry for Alex McLeish who never really had chance at Villa with his Birmingham past. Daft appointment by Lerner. Marriage made in hell

This sort of thing really boils my piss. They have no idea.

Its Oliver Holt, its no real surprise.

[VILLA MOLE]

From twitter @OllieHoltMirror: Feel sorry for Alex McLeish who never really had chance at Villa with his Birmingham past. Daft appointment by Lerner. Marriage made in hell

This sort of thing really boils my piss. They have no idea.

Its Oliver Holt, its no real surprise.


monotoned gimp

[James]

He's got a point.

And very good as well.

none of his pens he is using to write the statement  are working properly but he will address this soon, the pens need to sort themselves out. he doesnt tell the pens not to work 

Quite, and he's sitting on a chair at the opposite side of the room to them because his missus is in the way! 

[JUAN PABLO]

From twitter @OllieHoltMirror: Feel sorry for Alex McLeish who never really had chance at Villa with his Birmingham past. Daft appointment by Lerner. Marriage made in hell

This sort of thing really boils my piss. They have no idea.

Its Oliver Holt, its no real surprise.

and he gets paid for the shite he comes out .  pube head c**k sucker

[Californian Villain]

This is spot on:

Villa's fans never accepted McLeish from the moment he arrived, although that had more to do with his record of being relegated twice with Birmingham City and a reputation for playing dull football than the fact that he came from their arch-rivals. Villa won only seven Premier League matches during McLeish's time in charge and managed 37 goals in 38 fixtures. Entertainment was conspicuous by its absence.

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[Mazrim]

Can I just say I'd really love to put my fist through Oliver Holts chubby mug. I think I may have said something similar a few times.

He really is nauseatingly shit.

[Ad@m]

Rob Shepherd's being as much of a prick...

Aston Villa owner keeps selling best players then blames the manager..look forward to their relegation next season

I can only assume they spout this shit to be deliberately controversial.

[Woody]

AVST statement from earlier on:

"The sacking of Alex McLeish today comes as no surprise to Villa supporters who have endured a season of sub-standard performances home and away, with the team not set out to go for a win. The statistics of this season very much reflect the views held at the start of the season, including those made by the Trust at the time, that Alex McLeish’s premiership record may lead to sterile football and potentially a struggling side. Our worst fears were confirmed.

We have survived relegation as much by the failings of others and the Board have taken the action required. We now request that the Board review their criteria and engage suitable experienced football executives in the short term to select the right manager for Aston Villa to play football to win, re-engage supporters in the Club they love, and bring enjoyment and the crowds back to match days. Longer term the Board should expand their number by appointing an experienced football man to support the existing executive team, and having non-executives who can support both the football and commercial side of the Club.

The fans of Villa look forward to the appointment of a forward thinking manager and the return of excitement to Villa Park."

[JUAN PABLO]

There is a sense of deja vu at Aston Villa. A little less than 12 months after Gérard Houllier's brief and thoroughly underwhelming reign as manager came to end, Alex McLeish drove out of the club's Bodymoor Heath training ground for the last time on Monday, sacked on the back of a season that proved to be even more disastrous than the one that had gone before.

Villa, in other words, have got two managerial appointments wrong in quick succession. They can ill afford to make it a hat-trick.

In the case of Houllier, there were mitigating circumstances, with Martin O'Neill's decision to walk out on Villa five days before the start of the 2010‑11 season leaving the club high and dry when it came to scouring the market for a replacement. Houllier, however, still felt like a left‑field choice. He had not managed in the Premier League for six years and had suffered serious health problems in the past which would resurface later in the season and contribute to his early departure in June last year.

What followed was a mess. Villa invited Steve McClaren for an interview but then cancelled on him after an angry backlash from supporters on message boards. Next they tried and failed to lure Roberto Martínez from Wigan Athletic. And then they made the decision which is still hard to fathom to this day, not because McLeish was with Birmingham City, Villa's arch rivals, but because he had just suffered his second relegation in three Premier League seasons and was synonymous with a negative brand of football that leads to draws and a lack of goals.

Villa, in short, got what it said on the tin when they gave McLeish a three-year contract last summer. Although McLeish is an amiable man and has handled the abuse he has received this season in a dignified manner, the brutal truth is that his teams are boring to watch. Villa won only seven Premier League matches all season, managed just 37 goals in 38 matches and finished with 38 points, only two more than relegated Bolton Wanderers.

Randy Lerner, the club's owner, has not been able to visit Villa Park on many occasions this season but he watches matches on a live feed from the United States and has sat in frustration at the depressing events unfolding in front of him. Last month, however, Lerner had first-hand experience of just how bleak things had become on and off the pitch at the club, when he dropped in to Villa Park for the game against Bolton. Villa lost 2-1 and the supporters directed ferocious abuse at McLeish. It was the tipping point for Lerner.

He made the decision to stick with McLeish for the final three games of the season but it was never going to be any longer. McLeish's position had become untenable. Attendances had plummeted, the fans protests were loud and clear and results were calamitous. Two points were collected in the games against West Bromwich Albion and Tottenham Hotspur to drag Villa over the line before the season finished with an abject display against Norwich City which sealed McLeish's fate. "Brutal" is how one club insider described the performance at Carrow Road.

Villa had to act and they did so swiftly, cutting McLeish loose less than 24 hours after the season ended. Lerner and Paul Faulkner, the club's chief executive, got that decision right and now they must follow it up with an appointment that will galvanise and revive the club and give the supporters something to cling to after two miserable seasons. Lerner admitted as much in the statement that accompanied confirmation of McLeish's dismissal yesterday afternoon.

"We need to be clear and candid with ourselves and with supporters about what we have lacked in recent years," Lerner said. "Compelling play and results that instil a sense of confidence that Villa is on the right track have been plainly absent. The most immediate action that we can take is to look carefully at our options in terms of bringing in a new manager who sees the club's potential and embraces our collective expectations."

Villa are still putting together their shortlist but they want a young and hungry manager who will reinvigorate the club, which should be music to the ears of the club's fans. Martínez, who is the early favourite, Brendan Rodgers at Swansea City and Norwich City's Paul Lambert would all appear to fit the bill, and it is possible an appointment could be made as early as next week.

Hiring and firing managers has become an expensive business for Villa, who revealed in their last set of accounts that they spent £12m in "exceptional charges" in 2010-11 relating to changing the club's "management personnel". McLeish's sacking will come at a cost and it looks likely that more compensation will have to be paid to another club for their manager. It has never been in doubt that Lerner is willing to put his hand in his pocket for Villa. What he now needs to do, though, is recruit a decent football manager.





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